ROBINSON, Guildford Blackman
Service Number: | NX30968 |
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Enlisted: | 7 June 1940, Paddington, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 20 January 1919 |
Home Town: | Wyong, Wyong Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Illness while a Prisoner of War, Borneo, 8 March 1945, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial - Panel 11 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX30968 | |
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7 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX30968, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, Sydney | |
7 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX30968, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion | |
8 Mar 1945: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX30968, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Guildford Blackman ROBINSON was born in Glen Innes, NSW on 20th January, 1919
His parents were George Henry ROBINSON & Louisa Maria WARRINGTON who married in Inverell in 1907
He enlisted with the Australian Army on 7th June 1940 and served with the 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
He was listed as missing & later as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese in Sandakan Camp
Guildford died of Illness in Borneo on 8th March, 1945 & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Labuan Memorial
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